Big Hollywood

First Lady Michelle Obama, who frequently appears on late night talk shows as well as The View to promote her husband’s policies, will next appear on the ABC drama Nashville. The FLOTUS and [singer Kellie] Pickler will guest star on the

NEW YORK (AP) — First-time movie producer and mom-to-be Chelsea Clinton has premiered a short film at the Tribeca Film Festival. Clinton is the executive producer of the short “Of Many,” a documentary about the friendship of two religious leaders

Despite playing on considerably less screens, God’s Not Dead is set to pull off a box office upset this weekend. Crunching the early numbers has Sensei seeing that result play out. If anyone had told you that God’s Not Dead

Saudi comedian Adel Radwan could riff on the many cultural differences between his country and western nations during his stand-up act. Instead, Radwan pokes fun at more traditional topics, the kind that don’t press a single hot button. So when Radwan

Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Rio 2 are set a for a re-match, while other new releases seek to keep pace. Heaven is for Real scores another win for faith-based dramas. Last week, Sensei was right about Captain America

Latest News In the Bryan Singer Sexual Abuse Lawsuit THR reports that in 2000 director Bryan Singer’s accuser, Michael Egan, filed a suit claiming to have been sexually abused at a 1999 party involving Singer associates. Egan didn’t name Singer

Only Hollywood would make a movie in which the end of the Internet–indeed, the end of electricity itself–is treated as a happy outcome. Oh, sorry, was that a spoiler of sorts? Well, not really, because that happy ending is shown

Former Saturday Night Live star Amy Poehler is becoming one of Hollywood’s more vocal Democratic supporters. Poehler lent her voice to the battle to promote the flailing, failing ObamaCare reform, and she uses her Parks and Recreation gig to worship at

The team behind the upcoming TV movie about convicted killer Kermit Gosnell counted on the public to help them fund their project. They said that the mainstream media and Hollywood didn’t give Gosnell’s horrific crimes the attention they deserved. The

Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the literary prince of the magical realism movement, has died at the age of 87. A prolific writer who started out as a newspaper reporter, Garcia Marquez’s masterpiece was “One Hundred Years of Solitude,” a dream-like, dynastic

‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ Sequel in the Works Chris Columbus is attached to return as director and Robin Williams is attached to return as star. The original made a mint but the reason a lot of moneymaking drag-comedies don’t get sequels is

A lawyer who specializes in sex abuse cases says this week’s lawsuit against director Bryan Singer is but one of several Hollywood abuse cases that will come to light in the coming weeks. Today we learned of a suit against

Whoopi Goldberg has won an Oscar, hosted the Academy Awards and starred in a series of popular films like Sister Act and The Color Purple. Now, she’s splitting her time between co-hosting The View and covering the legal pot scene

Hollywood craves the mighty revenue potential from Chinese movie goers, so many of its denizens look the other way when the country’s government censors its art. Money trumps artistic integrity. A filmmaker best known for eviscerating America on a regular

Actor Antonio Banderas may call Los Angeles home these days, but he hasn’t forgotten his roots or his faith. The Desperado star returned to his native Spain this week to celebrate Holy Week. He also joined the Catholic processions in

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rican salsa legend Cheo Feliciano died in a car accident early Thursday, prompting the governor of the U.S. territory to declare three days of mourning. Feliciano was alone in his Jaguar when he

Authorities report that Rap artist Andre Johnson cut off his own penis then jumped off the second floor of his apartment building in an apparent suicide bid. He survived the attempt, however, and is in serious condition at Cedars-Sinai Medical

HONOLULU (AP) — A former child model and aspiring actor is accusing “X-Men” franchise director Bryan Singer of sexually abusing him as a teenager in a federal lawsuit filed in Hawaii. The lawsuit filed Wednesday says the prominent director of

Profitable Christian movies are nothing new in Hollywood, but the initial success of Heaven Is for Real could change the way the industry views these films. Features like Fireproof and Courageous earned far more than their total budgets, proving a faith-based

Every year during Lent me and the misses haul out our religious-themed films. As much as I would like to say that we watch these films to honor the Holy Season, the opposite is actually the truth. We use the

Actor Liam Neeson continued his critique of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s war on carriages courtesy of the Old Gray Lady. The unlikely action hero penned an op-ed in The New York Times explaining his defense of Big

A&E’s Duck Dynasty remains a ratings powerhouse, and co-star Willie Robertson’s film God’s Not Dead is one of 2014’s biggest sleeper hits. That wasn’t enough to prevent a Michigan utility company from scrapping a Duck Dynasty look-a-like contest after a

The show won’t go on for Lindsay Lohan’s first reality series, although the trouble starlet may be the last to know. And she has only her famously poor behavior to blame.  The OWN network honcho Oprah Winfrey, 60, has called

The Daily Beast is using the same guilt by association tactics the media refused to employ with Rev. Jeremiah Wright during the 2008 presidential election in order to attack the Duggars. Who are the Duggars? They are the stars of

John Oliver should fit in just fine at HBO. The former Daily Show correspondent and fill-in anchor starts his own political series at the pay network April 27, and it appears his left of center bona fides are firmly in